BS in Management: Strategy Emphasis
(64 hours*)

This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Please see the college advisement center for information regarding requirements for admission to this emphasis.

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1. No more than 12 semester hours of upper-division transfer credit will be accepted toward the major and only 6 hours beyond the Integrated Management Core. No transfer courses will be accepted for the Integrated Management Core courses.
2. Only courses sufficient for a single emphasis are permitted.
3. Complete the following prerequisite courses:
   ACC 200 : Principles of Accounting. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ACC 200 : Principles of Accounting. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
   DESCRIPTION:	Financial and managerial accounting principles. Basic accounting statements, processes, and management applications. Open to all students.
   
   
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   BUS M 201 : Financial Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 201 : Financial Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Acc 200 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Financial statement analysis, financial planning, sources of financing, working capital management, risk and return, and valuation.
   
   
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   BUS M 241 : Marketing Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 241 : Marketing Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Marketing's role in society and the firm, marketing opportunities, the consumer market, and management of marketing mix.
   
   
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   ECON 110 : Economic Principles and Problems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ECON 110 : Economic Principles and Problems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Strengths and weaknesses of markets and governments for solving problems of social organization or conflict, including policy response to inflation, unemployment, pollution, poverty, growth, etc.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
             : Honors Economic Principles and Problems.
   
   
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   I SYS 100 : Computer Spreadsheet Skills. (.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   I SYS 100 : Computer Spreadsheet Skills. (.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Blk 1; Winter Blk 1; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Basic computer skills, focusing on spreadsheet and database programs. No technical background necessary.
   
   
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   I SYS 102 : Business Analysis Using Spreadsheets. (.5:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   I SYS 102 : Business Analysis Using Spreadsheets. (.5:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Blk 2; Winter Blk 2; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	I SYS 100
   DESCRIPTION:	Basic computer skills focusing on features in MS Excel such as Scenario Manager, Solver, Pivot Tables, and Macros to solve complex business problems.
   
   
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   Note: Based on student performance to date, permission may be granted to take some restricted major-only courses.

4. Apply and be formally accepted into the program.
5. Complete the following courses during your first semester admitted to the Marriott School of Management:
   BUS M 320 : Career Orientation and Preparation. (.5:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 320 : Career Orientation and Preparation. (.5:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   PREREQUISITE:	Acceptance into Marriott School.
   DESCRIPTION:	Student orientation and preparation for careers in management.
   NOTE:	Must be taken first semester in Marriott School.
   
   
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   BUS M 321 : Mentor Program. (.5:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 321 : Mentor Program. (.5:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   PREREQUISITE:	Acceptance into Marriott School.
   DESCRIPTION:	Discussions with outside mentor about career opportunities.
   NOTE:	Must be taken first semester in Marriott School.
   
   
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6. Complete the following required courses before the integrated core:
   M COM 320 : Communication in Organizational Settings. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   M COM 320 : Communication in Organizational Settings. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	GE First-Year Writing requirement. To be taken before senior year. Not for freshmen.
   DESCRIPTION:	Developing written and oral communications for professional organizations, including composing and designing employment communications. Incorporates oral presentations.
   NOTE:	Fulfills GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication requirement.
   
              : Honors Communication in Organizational Settings.
   
   
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   MATH 116 : Essentials of Calculus. (1:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MATH 116 : Essentials of Calculus. (1:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Blk 1, Blk 2; Winter Blk 1, Blk 2; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	MATH 110
   DESCRIPTION:	Review of algebra, graph of line, slope. Limits and derivatives (standard functions, compositions of such functions), derivative for polynomials, exponentials, logarithms. Product, quotient and chain rule. Optimization (extrema), application to business problems. Newton's method.
   
   
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   MATH 118 : Finite Mathematics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MATH 118 : Finite Mathematics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	MATH 110
   DESCRIPTION:	Language of set theory, counting and combinations. Probability theory, elementary stochastic processes, conditional probabilities. Repeated experiments, random variables, expectation, variance, linear equations, matrix algebra, application to economics or similar. Linear programming. Markov chains including applications.
   
   
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   STAT 121 : Principles of Statistics. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   STAT 121 : Principles of Statistics. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Independent Study also; Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   RECOMMENDED:	MATH 110 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Stemplots, boxplots, histograms, scatterplots; central tendency, variability; confidence intervals and hypothesis testing involving one and two means and proportions; contingency tables, simple linear regression.
   
             : Honors Principles of Statistics.
   
   
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7. Complete the following Integrated Management Core courses:
   BUS M 361 : Introduction to Supply Chain and Operations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 361 : Introduction to Supply Chain and Operations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Acceptance into the Marriott School.
   DESCRIPTION:	Managing and designing processes and people along the value chain.
   
   
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   BUS M 390 : Ethics for Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 390 : Ethics for Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   PREREQUISITE:	Premanagement and Management 1 cores and full acceptance into the Marriott School upper-division major.
   DESCRIPTION:	Analyzing ethical dilemmas and understanding ethical theories as they apply to decision making in management.
   
   
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   MANEC 387 : Economics of Strategy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MANEC 387 : Economics of Strategy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	Major or strategy minor status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Economic tools influencing the success of strategy (creation and appropriation of value) emphasizing application of economic theory to management of practice.
   
   
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   ORG B 321 : Organizational Effectiveness. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ORG B 321 : Organizational Effectiveness. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand
   PREREQUISITE:	For Marriott School of Management majors only.
   DESCRIPTION:	Theories and concepts for creating effective organizations, e.g., individual, group, and organizational processes and human resource functions, including selection, compensation, and performance management.
   
   
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8. Complete the following additional courses:
   ACC 241 : Business Law in the Environment. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ACC 241 : Business Law in the Environment. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Marriott School of Management major status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to legal principles and institutions affecting business.
   
   
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   I SYS 201 : Introduction to Management Information Systems. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   I SYS 201 : Introduction to Management Information Systems. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	I Sys 100 or concurrent enrollment during 1st block of I Sys 201 registration.
   RECOMMENDED:	I Sys 101.
   DESCRIPTION:	Using technology to solve business problems. Hands-on spreadsheet, database, and Internet software in a business context.
   
   
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   And complete one course from the following:

   BUS M 371R : Entrepreneurship Lecture Series. (1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 371R : Entrepreneurship Lecture Series. (1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   DESCRIPTION:	Lectures by successful entrepreneurs on subjects significant to entrepreneur-type opportunities.
   
   
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   BUS M 380 : Executive Lectures. (1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 380 : Executive Lectures. (1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Lectures by top executives on subjects significant to executive leadership.
   
   
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   BUS M 382 : Financial Services Lecture Series. (1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 382 : Financial Services Lecture Series. (1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Lectures by executives on financial services topics.
   
   
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9. Complete the following:
   BUS M 480 : Strategy 1. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 480 : Strategy 1. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	ACC 200 & MATH 110 & ECON 110 & STAT 121
   DESCRIPTION:	Structured problem solving, strategic thinking, and basic strategy concepts to prepare students to analyze and understand the sources of competitive advantage and superior firm performance.
   
   
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   BUS M 481 : Strategy 2. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 481 : Strategy 2. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   PREREQUISITE:	BUS M 480
   DESCRIPTION:	Advanced strategy topics such as growth and diversification strategy, pricing strategy, game theory and competitor analysis, strategy as real options, and strategic flexibility and commitment.
   
   
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   BUS M 482 : Strategy Implementation. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 482 : Strategy Implementation. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	BUS M 481
   DESCRIPTION:	Integrative course on strategy formulation and implementation, including a field study. Topics include organizational alignment (structure and processes that fit the stragety), change management, and strategic leadership.
   
   
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10. Complete two courses from the following:
    BUS M 402 : Managerial Finance. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    BUS M 402 : Managerial Finance. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
    PREREQUISITE:	Accounting junior core; major status.
    DESCRIPTION:	Overview of financial management issues including capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure/dividends, and long-term financial planning.
    
    
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    BUS M 470 : Entrepreneurial Innovation. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    BUS M 470 : Entrepreneurial Innovation. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
    PREREQUISITE:	ACC 200 & BUS M 170 & BUS M 201 & BUS M 241
    DESCRIPTION:	Finding and validating ideas for innovative new ventures with a focus on customer pain, elegant solutions, and markets.
    
    
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    BUS M 471 : Creating New Ventures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    BUS M 471 : Creating New Ventures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
    PREREQUISITE:	BUS M 470; Business management core; major status.
    DESCRIPTION:	Learning the critical skills to create a successful new venture by validating an initial idea and business model in the field.
    
    
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    BUS M 475 : Financing New Ventures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    BUS M 475 : Financing New Ventures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
    PREREQUISITE:	Business management core; major status.
    DESCRIPTION:	Concepts and skills of entrepreneurship, emphasizing how new and emerging companies are financed. Applying functional tools to case situations.
    
    
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    BUS M 483R : Topics in Strategy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    BUS M 483R : Topics in Strategy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    PREREQUISITE:	Major status.
    DESCRIPTION:	Topics and instructors vary.
    
    
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    I SYS 520 : Business Programming and Spreadsheet Automation. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    I SYS 520 : Business Programming and Spreadsheet Automation. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
    PREREQUISITE:	I Sys 201 or equivalent or instructor's consent.
    DESCRIPTION:	Programming in Excel Visual Basic; automating common tasks; retrieving data from web servers; building optimization models and user forms.
    
    
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11. Complete two additional 3 credit hour Marriott School courses.
12. Complete Marriott School exit survey online.

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